Wow! Only 2 weeks before we leave. Thought it might be good time to start posting the preparations. Actually over dinner tonight at Keswick Binny suggested it so these are especially for you Binny! We maybe away for 6.5 weeks but the actual preparations have been going on now for about 6 months! So we have a file full of info and booking details etc.....as you would expect there are many, many lists which will be required over the coming days and weeks! ...

A quick wander around the town then we were off towards Scotland secret bunker at Troywood. A former military bunker which was HQ of operations had UK come under nuclear attack during the Cold War. Very sobering. Around the coast to Anstruther, a charming little fishing village. Around the coast ...

Although I am putting in as many (or more) hours as I had in the early years of the big firm law practice and am exhausted, it is a different type of tiredness. At the end of the each day I know I accomplished something from beginning to end. I like the pace of the kitchen. Do a task, finish it, move on to the next and at the same time I can have various items going. It is all pretty cool and I actually believe I am at an advantage ...

... in the Thermos was very welcome! Although the weather to our west blocked all views of where we had been, to the east we could see to the horizon and where we will be walking. Our feet can look forward to beautiful green English fields and no hills! We snacked amongst the sheep for 15 mins, but Katrina started to get cold so we headed off down the hill. The descent was steeeep and difficult in places. We finally reached Haweswater and began the long walk around the shoreline. Of ...